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Category - chaplaincies

31 Jan 2012

French Protestants focus on collaborative chaplaincy

Meeting in Paris, the Protestant Federation of France examined the issues chaplains face in hospitals, prisons and the military and urged support for chaplaincy work.
13 Dec 2009

Metropolitan Police appoint overseer for pastoral and spiritual care

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has appointed a clergyman as its senior chaplain, but emphasises that his role will be to ensure that the diverse pastoral and spiritual needs of the service are met.
10 Apr 2009

NHS chaplaincies and spiritual care
9 Apr 2009

How much does health chaplaincy cost?

The National Secular Society wants to end taxpayer funding for chaplaincy in the NHS. Matt Wardman subjects the figures to scrutiny, and is left with a lot of questions.
9 Apr 2009

The job of nurturing well-being

It can be hard to quantify the benefit of having chaplains, says Mark Vernon. Their work is not amenable to a cost-benefit analysis. But that does not mean it has no value or effect, just that it has to be assessed in human rather than statistical terms.
8 Apr 2009

Why health chaplains are vital

Health is not is not a reductionist industrial process, says Stephen G. Wright. It is about attending to deep human, relational and spiritual needs. This is what NHS chaplaincy is about.
8 Apr 2009

Spiritual care in a secular health service

As the current debate about how chaplaincy should be funded illustrates, handling spiritual needs in a plural health system can be tricky.
8 Apr 2009

Union rejects 'attack' on NHS chaplaincy services

A secularist call for an end to taxpayer funding for the NHS chaplaincy service has been described as "erroneous and simplistic" by Unite, the largest union in the country.
8 Apr 2009

Health chaplaincies should be funded by religious groups, say secularists

Churches and religious organisations should fund chaplaincy and spiritual care in the National Health Service instead of the taxpayer, says the National Secular Society.
29 Nov 2006

Legal action not inevitable for university Christian Unions, says report

A report published by the think tank Ekklesia suggests that the high-profile conflict between a number of Christian Unions and Students' Unions need not end in legal action ‚Ä' which would be damaging to all concerned.

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